Massachusetts Nursing Home Rankings & Safety Report

zReports Research Institute · Updated August 2026

Bythe zReports Healthcare Research Team · zReports Research Institute Data sourcezReports Consumer Intelligence Database™ v2026.08 Facilities analyzed341 Government sourcesthe Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Last updatedAugust 2026 MethodologyConsumer Z Score™ · Database v2026.08

Massachusetts has 341 active licensed nursing homes on the state's public file. zReports analyzed CMS Nursing Home Compare data to produce a records layer grade for every one, the government's own verdicts, mapped through one fixed rule. No facility can pay to change a score, and the grade is free.

Key findings

341active licensed nursing homes across 178 Massachusetts cities appear on the state's public file.
58.9%hold an A or B records layer grade, while 73 carry a D or F.
74.6is the statewide average records layer score across all graded nursing homes.
Bostonis the highest-scoring larger city (11 facilities, average score 80.4).
Worcesterhas the most licensed nursing homes in the state (16).
40,961is the combined licensed capacity across 341 facilities reporting a capacity figure.

Key statistics

StatisticValue
Active licensed nursing homes341
Cities covered178
Statewide average records layer score74.6
Grade A facilities138 (40.5%)
Grade B facilities63 (18.5%)
Grade C facilities67 (19.6%)
Grade D facilities69 (20.2%)
Grade F facilities4 (1.2%)
Facilities with a clean record (no deficiencies on file)341 (100%)
Serious (high severity) findings on the record0
Moderate findings on the record0
Combined licensed capacity40,961

By city

Worcester (16)Boston (11)Holyoke (8)Fall River (7)Lowell (7)Haverhill (6)New Bedford (6)Peabody (5)Framingham (5)Danvers (5)Brockton (5)Braintree (4)Chelsea (4)Agawam (4)Norwood (4)Pittsfield (4)Quincy (4)Lexington (3)Marlborough (3)Taunton (3)Fairhaven (3)Beverly (3)Plymouth (3)Fitchburg (3)Westborough (3)Hingham (3)Milford (3)Newburyport (3)Webster (3)East Longmeadow (3)Greenfield (3)Medford (3)Cambridge (3)North Andover (3)Natick (3)Weymouth (3)Leominster (2)W Concord (2)Middleboro (2)Saugus (2)Lawrence (2)Rockland (2)Gardner (2)Wellesley (2)Amesbury (2)Great Barrington (2)Attleboro (2)Newton (2)Stoneham (2)Needham (2)Scituate (2)Andover (2)Wilbraham (2)Melrose (2)Methuen (2)Lynn (2)Winchester (2)Falmouth (2)Westfield (2)Springfield (2)Marblehead (2)Wakefield (2)Somerset (2)Northborough (2)Waltham (2)Dorchester (2)Stoughton (2)Wrentham (2)Norwell (2)Chelmsford (2)Wilmington (2)Sudbury (2)Lenox (2)Holden (1)Longmeadow (1)Sharon (1)Malden (1)Swansea (1)Acton (1)Lancaster (1)North Easton (1)South Dartmouth (1)Northbridge (1)Northampton (1)West Springfield (1)Hampden (1)Bedford (1)Milton (1)Duxbury (1)Southbridge (1)Athol (1)Revere (1)Everett (1)Whitinsville (1)East Bridgewater (1)West Newton (1)North Chatham (1)West Boylston (1)Sandwich (1)Centerville (1)Williamstown (1)North Adams (1)Bourne (1)South Yarmouth (1)Randolph (1)West Brookfield (1)Leeds (1)West Yarmouth (1)Baldwinville (1)Woburn (1)Medway (1)East Boston (1)Canton (1)Belmont (1)Amherst (1)Ayer (1)Watertown (1)Reading (1)Abington (1)Sterling (1)Dalton (1)Rockport (1)Franklin (1)Nahant (1)North Attleboro (1)North Reading (1)Wareham (1)Shrewsbury (1)West Roxbury (1)Hyannis (1)Brookline (1)Marion (1)Harwich (1)Mattapan (1)Walpole (1)Buzzards Bay (1)Chicopee (1)Kingston (1)Billerica (1)Tewksbury (1)Gloucester (1)Littleton (1)Arlington (1)Westford (1)Wayland (1)Ashland (1)S Natick (1)Middleborough (1)Edgartown (1)Provincetown (1)Charlton (1)Salem (1)Medfield (1)Raynham (1)Weston (1)Auburn (1)Brewster (1)Rochdale (1)N Falmouth (1)Newton Upper Falls (1)Mashpee (1)Hadley (1)West Bridgewater (1)Holliston (1)Millbury (1)Lee (1)Topsfield (1)South Hadley (1)Uxbridge (1)Palmer (1)Brighton (1)Sandisfield (1)Nantucket (1)Dedham (1)Groton (1)Lincoln (1)Bradford (1)North Billerica (1)

Statewide top 25

#1 Spaulding Nursing And Therapy Center - Brighton Boston · A

#2 Knollwood Nursing Center Worcester · A

#3 John Scott House Nursing & Rehabilitation Center Braintree · A

#4 Rivercrest Long Term Care W Concord · A

#5 Webster Park Rehabilitation And Healthcare Center Rockland · A

#6 Care One At Holyoke Holyoke · A

#7 Queen Anne Nursing Home, INC Hingham · A

#8 Bay Path At Duxbury Nursing & Rehabilitation Ctr Duxbury · A

#9 Life Care Center Of The South Shore Scituate · A

#10 Agawam East Rehab And Nursing Agawam · A

#11 Mt Greylock Extended Care Facility Pittsfield · A

#12 Care One At Peabody Peabody · A

#13 Oaks, The New Bedford · A

#14 Liberty Commons North Chatham · A

#15 Cedar View Rehabilitation And Healthcare Center Methuen · A

#16 North Adams Commons Nursing & Rehabilitation Cente North Adams · A

#17 Renaissance Manor On Cabot Holyoke · A

#18 Quaboag Rehabilitation & Skilled Care Facility West Brookfield · A

#19 Brookhaven At Lexington Lexington · A

#20 Lutheran Rehabilitation And Skilled Care Center Worcester · A

#21 Sacred Heart Nursing Home New Bedford · A

#22 Lakeview House Skld Nrsg And Residential Care Fac Haverhill · A

#23 Alliance Health At Coleman Northborough · A

#24 Aberjona Rehabilitation And Nursing Center Winchester · A

#25 Boston Home, INC (The) Boston · A

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Methodology

The free grade on this page contains zero zReports judgment: it maps the state's own published licensing and enforcement verdicts through one fixed rule, applied identically to every nursing home in America. Where the record and public reputation diverge, a highly reviewed facility with serious findings on file, the paid Consumer Intelligence Report™ surfaces it through the composite Consumer Z Score™ and our published ten point methodology. Facilities are never contacted and cannot pay to change a score. Read the full methodology →

About nursing home licensing in Massachusetts

Nursing Homes in Massachusetts are overseen by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), whose certification, inspection, and quality-reporting data is published on the public record. This page is computed from CMS Nursing Home Compare data, the government’s own filings, not reviews or advertising.

Frequently asked questions

How many nursing homes are there in Massachusetts?

Massachusetts has 341 active licensed nursing homes on the state's public file, across 178 cities, with a combined licensed capacity of 40,961. Every one has a free records layer grade on zReports.

Which Massachusetts city has the most nursing homes?

Worcester, with 16 licensed nursing homes, followed by Boston (11) and Holyoke (8).

How are Massachusetts nursing home grades calculated?

The free records layer grade contains zero zReports judgment. It maps the government's own published verdicts, CMS Nursing Home Compare data, through one fixed rule, applied identically to every nursing home in the country. The paid Consumer Intelligence Report™ adds the composite Consumer Z Score™, which audits the record against public reputation through our published ten point methodology.

Why can a facility with 5-star reviews have a low grade?

Reviews and records are different surfaces. Reviews reflect what visitors chose to write, and can be managed by the business. Inspection and enforcement records are filed by the state, are mandatory, and cannot be edited by the facility. When the two diverge, the record is the surface worth checking. That divergence is exactly what zReports was built to surface.

How often are these rankings updated?

Rankings refresh whenever Massachusetts republishes its licensing data; facility pages carry the records-verified date for each provider. This page was generated from the current file as of August 2026.

Can a facility pay to change its score?

No. Facilities are never contacted, never notified, and cannot pay to be listed, delisted, or re-scored. zReports has no business relationship with any facility it grades, independence is the product.

Data Provenance

This report was generated from the zReports Consumer Records Database™, a continuously updated database that normalizes official government licensing, inspection, enforcement, ownership, and safety records across multiple federal and state agencies. Every statistic in this report is traceable to its originating public record. Facilities cannot pay to alter scores, rankings, or findings.

Data source: zReports Consumer Intelligence Database™ v2026.08 · Built from: CMS Provider Data Catalog · HHS OIG Exclusions List (LEIE) · Public consumer review signals (audited, never trusted, in the composite Consumer Z Score™) · Proprietary Consumer Z Score™ methodology · Updated: August 2026

Cite this report

APA, zReports Research Institute. (2026). Massachusetts Nursing Home Rankings & Safety Report (v2026.08). zReports.org. https://zreports.org/rankings/nursing/ma

MLA, zReports Research Institute. “Massachusetts Nursing Home Rankings & Safety Report.” zReports.org, v2026.08, August 2026, zreports.org/rankings/nursing/ma.

Plain, Massachusetts Nursing Home Rankings & Safety Report, zReports Research Institute, v2026.08, updated August 2026, zreports.org/rankings/nursing/ma

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